Found one after 40 years
April 26th, 2016, 06:41 PM
#5
Old(s) Fart
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 47,311
Congrats. Just out of curiosity, which numbers "match" exactly? If you have the Protect-O-Plate, it will match the engine and trans unit numbers to the VIN. Prior to the 1968 model year, Olds did not stamp VIN derivatives on the block or trans so without the P-O-P, there is nothing to match. Good luck with the car.
April 26th, 2016, 10:23 PM
#6
Still on the planet...
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Texas Hill Country
Posts: 214
April 27th, 2016, 08:29 AM
#14
Olds Fever
Join Date: May 2011
Location: New York (Upstate)
Posts: 4,442
Also, the carb or parts of the carb may have been changed... Note that the choke appears to be an electric type and the mechanical choke coil is missing on the intake...
April 27th, 2016, 01:00 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 15
thank you very much
I take all of the help I can get but I just finished and sold to a guy in Australia a 1968 SS/396 /375 HP/auto that I found in California . It had every piece of paper work ,window sticker ,build sheets (which everyone said was never made ,hidden in drivers door )original key in manila envelope hidden under rear carpet .It had a factory (listed on window sticker )pen stripe on side .
I even had a sheet of paper that the owner sat around with his friends drinking beer the night before he ordered it. Salesman's card on and on ...
The seats as all the critics said were wrong and were from a Buick ..There was a note on the window sticker that said a factory shortage made them use these instead of Chevy . ash trays in rear elbow rest were same
Team Chevelle which I am a member of went crazy and had a great time doing more research . I learned with restoring several units there was a lot of swapping to fill orders ..
Just when you think it is one way ,and no disrespect to everyone a fly lands in the pie.
I even had a sheet of paper that the owner sat around with his friends drinking beer the night before he ordered it. Salesman's card on and on ...
The seats as all the critics said were wrong and were from a Buick ..There was a note on the window sticker that said a factory shortage made them use these instead of Chevy . ash trays in rear elbow rest were same
Team Chevelle which I am a member of went crazy and had a great time doing more research . I learned with restoring several units there was a lot of swapping to fill orders ..
Just when you think it is one way ,and no disrespect to everyone a fly lands in the pie.
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